Software Engineer Interview Experience - Menlo Park, California
Process
Technical Phone Screen
A 45-minute coding interview where you will solve one or two coding problems, focusing on optimal solutions, edge cases, and complexity analysis. Usually, more than two problems will be asked, and there will be follow-ups to the problems.
Questions
A transformation sequence from beginWord to endWord using a dictionary wordList is a sequence of words beginWord -> s1 -> s2 -> ... -> sk such that:
- Every adjacent pair of words differs by a single letter.
- Every
sifor 1 <= i <= k is inwordList. Note thatbeginWorddoes not need to be inwordList. sk==endWord.
Given two words, beginWord and endWord, and a dictionary wordList, return the number of words in the shortest transformation sequence from beginWord to endWord, or 0 if no such sequence exists.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 347 interview experiences for the Meta Software Engineer role in Menlo Park, California.
Success Rate
Meta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Menlo Park, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Meta's Software Engineer interview process in Menlo Park, California.
Meta Work Experiences
- 5.0Meta 2021 - 2023Software Engineer • Former EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesNovember 13, 2025Pros: - Easy to switch teams. - Relatively clear and transparent perf evaluation and growth path. - Eng heavy and data driven culture; less top-down. - Strong ownerships. - Flexible working hours.Cons: Sometimes it's too data-driven and lacks direction, driven by product strategy and user research understanding.
- 4.0Good Benefits, Pace, Some BoredomSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesNovember 12, 2025Pros: Good benefits. I don't think there are as many politics as other companies. They move fast.Cons: Work could be more interesting.
- 3.0Great compensation, but an unstable and context-limited environmentSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMenlo Park, California, United StatesNovember 11, 2025Pros: Excellent compensation and benefits package.Cons: Context and impactful projects are unevenly distributed.
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